The Editor-in-Chief has retracted this article. Concerns have been raised following the publication regarding the conclusions of this article. While the research described in this article appears to demonstrate the capability of machine learning for image recognition, in this case for the categorization of facial shape, this article does not demonstrate a link between facial shape and human personality traits. As a result, the Editor-in-Chief does not have confidence in the veracity of this article.

Neither of the authors explicitly stated whether they agree or disagree with this retraction.

The online version of this article contains the full text of the retracted article as Supplementary Information.